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or other opening therein, to be constructed of flagging, slate, or good brickwork, at least
nine inches thick, and rendered in good cement or asphalted.
He shall construct the seat of such privy, the aperture in such seat, and the
space beneath such seat, of such dimensions as to admit of a movable receptacle for
filth of a capacity not exceeding two cubic feet being placed and fitted beneath such
seat in such a manner and in such a position as may effectually prevent the deposit,
upon the floor or sides of the space beneath such seat or elsewhere than in such
receptacle, of any filth which may from time to time fall or be cast through the aperture in
such seat.
He shall construct such privy so that for the purpose of cleansing the space beneath
the seat, or of removing therefrom or placing or fitting therein an appropriate receptacle
for filth, there shall be a door or other opening in the back or one of the sides thereof
capable of being opened from the outside of the privy, or in any case where such a
mode of construction may be impracticable, so that for the purposes aforesaid the whole
of the seat of the privy or a sufficient part thereof may be readily moved or adjusted.
13. A person who shall construct a privy in connection with a building shall
not cause or suffer any part of the space under the seat of such privy, or any part of
any receptacle for filth in or in connection with such privy, to communicate with any
drain.
Waterclosets,
earthclosets
and
privies.
Earthclosets
and
privies.
14. Every person who shall intend to construct any watercloset, earthcloset, or
privy, or to fit or fix in or in connection with any watercloset, earthcloset, or privy any
apparatus or any trap or soil pipe, shall, before executing any such works, give notice in
writing to the clerk of the Sanitary Authority.
15. Every owner of an earthcloset or privy existing at the date of the confirmation
of these by-laws shall, before the expiration of six months from and after such
date of confirmation, cause the same to be reconstructed in such manner that its position,
structure and apparatus shall comply with such of the requirements of the foregoing bylaws
as are applicable to earthclosets or privies newly constructed.
Ashpits.
16. When any person shall provide an ashpit in connection with a building, he
shall cause the same to consist of one or more movable receptacles sufficient to contain the
house refuse which may accumulate during any period not exceeding one week. Each
of such receptacles shall be constructed of metal and shall be provided with one or more
suitable handles and cover. The capacity of each of such receptacles shall not exceed
two cubic feet.
Provided that the requirement as to the size of each of such receptacles shall
not apply to any person who shall construct such receptacle or receptacles in connection
with any premises to which there is attached as part of the conditions of tenancy the
right to dispose of house refuse in an ashpit used in common by the occupiers of
several tenancies, but in no case shall such ashpit be of greater capacity than is required
to enable it to contain the refuse which may accumulate during any period not exceeding
one week.
17. The occupier of any premises who shall use any ashpit shall, if such ashpit
consist of a movable receptacle, cause such receptacle to be kept in a covered place, or to
be properly covered, so that it shall not be exposed to rainfall, and if such ashpit consist
of a fixed receptacle, he shall cause the same to be kept properly covered.
18. Where the Sanitary Authority have arranged for the daily removal of house
refuse in their district, or in any part thereof, the owner of any premises in such district
or part thereof shall provide an ashpit which shall consist of one or more movable
receptacles, sufficient to contain the house refuse which may accumulate during any period
not exceeding three days, which the Sanitary Authority may determine, and of which
the Sanitary Authority shall give notice by public announcement in their district. Each
of such receptacles shall be constructed of metal, and provided with one or more suitable
handles and cover. The capacity of each of such receptacles shall not exceed two cubic
feet.
Provided always that this by-law shall not apply to the owner of any premises until
the expiration of three months after the Sanitary Authority have publicly notified their
intention to adopt a system of daily collection of house refuse in that part of their
district which comprises such premises.
19. Where any receptacle shall have been provided as an ashpit for any premises
in pursuance of any by-law in that behalf, no person shall deposit the house refuse
which may accumulate on such premises in any ashpit that does not comply with the
requirements of these by-laws.
Cesspools.
20. Every person who shall construct a cesspool in connection with a building, shall
construct such cesspool at a distance of one hundred feet at the least from a dwellinghouse,
or public building, or any building in which any person may be, or may be
intended to be, employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.
21. A person who shall construct a cesspool in connection with a building,
shall not construct such cesspool within the distance of one hundred feet from any well,
spring, or stream of water.